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```{glossary}
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artifact
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Stores a dataset or model as a file or folder.
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curator
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- Object class designed to ensure your dataset conforms to a desired schema.
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- Helps with validation, standardization (e.g., by fixing typos or mapping synonyms), and annotation (linking it against metadata entities so that it becomes queryable).
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FAIR
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FAIR data is data which meets the principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAIR_data).
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Graphical user interface, for instance, a browser-based data catalog.
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A feature is a property of a measurement [[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_(machine_learning))]. It's equivalent to a {term}`variable` in statistics and is typically equated with a dimension of a dataset.
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LaminDB comes with a {class}`~lamindb.Feature` registry to organize dataset dimensions and equates them with statistical variables.
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Shorthand for "LaminDB instance", a database that manages metadata for datasets in different storage locations.
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A label refers to a descriptor or tag that is assigned to something to describe, identify, or categorize it.
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A record is a data structure that consists in a sequence of typed [fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(computer_science)) that hold values [[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_(computer_science))].
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In LaminDB, a metadata record is modeled as a {class}`~lamindb.models.Record`.
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In LaminDB, a metadata record is modeled as a {class}`~lamindb.models.Record` and represents a row in a in a reqistry (a table in the SQL database).
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It automatically sets up important behaviors and methods (like filtering, querying, and converting records to DataFrames) needed to interact with the metadata database.
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In biology, a sample is an instance or part of a biological system.
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A dependent variable is sometimes called a "response variable", "regressand", "criterion", "predicted variable", "measured variable", "explained variable", "experimental variable", "responding variable", "outcome variable", "output variable", "target" or "label".
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Blueprint for your data’s structure. Tool for curating and validating the organization of your data, helping maintain data integrity as it evolves through various processing steps.
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registry
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A table in a SQL database (SQLite/Postgres) holding records.
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A piece of code (script, notebook, pipeline, function) that can be applied to input data to produce output data.
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Graphical user interface, for instance, a browser-based data catalog.
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